Look At Yourself - URIAH HEEP****

Look At Yourself/I Wanna Be Free/July Morning/Tears In My Eyes/Shadows Of Grief/What Should Be Done/Love Machine

The progressive rock group Uriah Heep continue their run of classic albums with Look At Yourself. The original rather gimmicky reflective cover allowed punters to do just that. (US:93 UK:39)

“Look At Yourself is one of Uriah Heep's best, heaviest and most powerful albums. David Byron's vocals are as amazing as ever, and are Mick Box's guitars. However as usual it's Ken Hensley's organ stealing the show. As with all their classic albums this is a mixture of proto-metal and progressive rock, and as also as usual it works to great effect here.”

“Musically, this is one of the greatest albums I have ever heard. Uriah Heep have always amazed me for not only being so intense and riff-laden, but having an equally fierce organ attack. The title track is a fine example of their firepower.”

“With a mirror cover image, Look At Yourself is filled with colourful and expressive hard rockin' cuts that includes traces of progressive rock. While many have hung the heavy metal tag on them, I have never bought into Heep standing in the metal ring. The group trip into some alloy recordings here, but their ability to stretch out and experiment warrants more than being pigeon-holed in the heavy metal genre.”

“The third album from Uriah Heep was the high-water mark of their catalogue. The band mixed hard rock with progressive elements and this hybrid shines very bright. Heavy sounding guitars, thunderous Hammond organ and Byron's unique vocals works perfectly in songs like the epic July Morning, the mystical Shadows Of Grief or in the immortal title track. Look At Yourself is mandatory for lovers of classic hard rock.”

“This is where Heep started to hit their stride, the Deep Purple influences are considerable, and the lyrical subject matter less mystical than their later material.”

“Uriah Heep in the early 1970s were very much the band which everyone but the fans of the band themselves, loved to hate. They got loads of stick from critics, these being particularly unfair criticisms against a band that produced some excellent music during their career. Look At Yourself stands as one of their finest and most accomplished efforts.”